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The meeting with be available on <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/96832346811\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Davies, who has served as interim chancellor since 2024, was named the priority candidate for UNMC chancellor May 1 after a search process that was open to candidates across the University of Nebraska System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Davies\u2019 continuing public schedule is as follows; all forums are open to the public and to the media\u00a0and have Zoom options:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 28 (Omaha):&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3:15-4:15 p.m.: UNMC staff and student forum, Yanney Conference Room, Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 505 S. 45th St.; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99793030020\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99793030020\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>4:30-5:30 p.m.: UNMC faculty and student forum, Yanney Conference Room, Fred &amp; Pamela Buffett Cancer Center, 505 S. 45th St.; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/93427676437#success\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/93427676437#success\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a>&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>May 29 (Lincoln):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>3:30-4:30 p.m.: UNMC College of Nursing and College of Dentistry faculty, staff and student forum, UNMC College of Nursing, 550 N. 19th&nbsp;St., Room 240; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99469141410\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 1 (Norfolk):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>1:30-2:30 p.m.: UNMC Norfolk faculty and staff forum, J. Paul and Eleanor McIntoshCollege of Nursing Building, Room 120, 801 E. Benjamin Ave.; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99106981743#success\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99106981743#success\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3-4 p.m.: UNMC Norfolk students forum, J. Paul and Eleanor McIntosh College of Nursing Building, Room 120, 801 E. Benjamin Ave.; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/91885405012#success\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/91885405012#success\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>June 3 (Scottsbluff):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: all Scottsbluff events are Mountain Time<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>10:30-11:30 a.m.: UNMC Western Nebraska faculty and staff forum, Harms Technology Center, Western Nebraska Community College, Room B132, 2620 College Park; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99189268050#success\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99189268050#success\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-3 p.m.: UNMC Western Nebraska student forum, Harms Technology Center, Western Nebraska Community College, Room B132, 2620 College Park; Zoom:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99455126376#success\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/nebraska.zoom.us\/j\/99455126376#success\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"Zoom via this link., opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Zoom via this link.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>NU faculty, staff and students, as well as community members, are encouraged to provide their feedback on Dr. Davies and may do so <a href=\"https:\/\/nebraska.edu\/unmc-chancellor-search\/feedback\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"online at this feedback link, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">online at this feedback link<\/a> by June 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As UNMC\u2019s interim chancellor, Dr. Davies oversees campus leadership, program quality and campus operations, which include six colleges, a graduate studies program, two degree-granting institutes, more than 6,000 professional faculty and staff, and 4,500 health professions students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He joined UNMC as vice chancellor and dean of graduate studies in 2012. He was promoted in 2017 to senior vice chancellor, with expanded responsibilities and direct oversight of all UNMC colleges and a health sciences library. During his tenure at Nebraska, Dr. Davies has overseen numerous initiatives and helped grow UNMC\u2019s rural health programs, pathway programs, community outreach and faculty and staff development. He also has been instrumental in the development of multiple new professional degree programs, which in turn have contributed to the steady enrollment growth UNMC has experienced over the past decade.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The NU Board of Regents could vote to approve the new UNMC chancellor as soon as their June 18 meeting. If confirmed as permanent chancellor, Dr. Davies would succeed Dr. Gold, who served as UNMC chancellor for a decade prior to being named the University of Nebraska System president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information on Dr. Davies or the UNMC chancellor search, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/nebraska.edu\/unmc-chancellor-search\/\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"the UNMC chancellor search webpage, opens in a new window\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the UNMC chancellor search webpage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Davies will meet with Kearney faculty, staff and students in a forum from 11 a.m. to noon at the Health Science Education Center 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